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I know how hard it can be to find the actual requirements for Medicaid, and I have finally gotten the requirements for Arkansas Medicaid and thought I would share them:

“Medicaid has coverage for Gastric Bypass surgery.They do not cover Lap Band surgery.

In order to receive Medicaid coverage, you must have the following:

1. 1. Be between the age of 16-60.

2. 2. Current Medicaid referral from your primary care physician.

3. 3. Be 100 pounds over ideal body weight.

4. 4. Morbid obesity must have existed for at least 5 years with complete documentation.Documentation must also indicate evidence that weight reduction was attempted under a physician’s supervision for a one year period during the last 18 months (this must be medical records of visits made to your physician along with a letter from your doctor).

7. 7. Psychiatric evaluation by a psychiatrist. They are looking for whether the patient has a realistic view of his/her situation, that they are capable of taking care of themselves, that they are self-sufficient and have no underlying psychiatric disease.”